2 Corinthians 2:5

2:5 But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) ¹  he has saddened all of you as well.

2 Corinthians 2:9

2:9 For this reason also I wrote you: ²  to test you to see ³  if you are obedient in everything.

2 Corinthians 5:21

5:21 God ⁴  made the one who did not know sin ⁵  to be sin for us, so that in him ⁶  we would become the righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 8:6

8:6 Thus ⁷  we urged ⁸  Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, ⁹  so also he should complete this act of kindness ¹⁰  for you.

2 Corinthians 11:7

11:7 Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself ¹¹  so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed ¹²  the gospel of God to you free of charge?

[2:5]  ¹ tn Or “(not to say too much)”; Grk “(not to burden you [with words]).”

[2:9]  ² tn The word “you” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (as an understood direct object).

[2:9]  ³ tn Grk “to know the proof of you,” that is, to know if the Corinthians’ obedience to Paul as an apostle was genuine (L&N 72.7).

[5:21]  ³ tn Grk “He”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:21]  ⁴ sn The one who did not know sin is a reference to Jesus Christ.

[5:21]  ⁵ sn That is, “in Christ.”

[8:6]  ⁴ tn A new sentence was started here in the translation and the word “thus” was supplied to indicate that it expresses the result of the previous clause.

[8:6]  ⁵ tn Or “we exhorted.”

[8:6]  ⁶ tn The words “this work” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted and must be supplied from the context.

[8:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “this grace.”

[11:7]  ⁵ sn Paul is referring to humbling himself to the point of doing manual labor to support himself.

[11:7]  ⁶ tn Or “preached.”